What is the deal with those winmail. dat files? I get them in my email all the time, and nothing seems to be able to open them.

The most interesting solution from a reader was to open the winmail.dat file in Notepad to identify the correct filename for the attachment, then re-name the winmail.dat file with the correct ...

We keep getting e-mail attachments in winmail.dat files, and can't open them. What's going on? Is there a utility that can extract the attachments from these?

Q: Most of my e-mails from work come with winmail attachments. I have tried to open these files through multiple different programs, without success, on iPhone iPad, and my PC. How can I open ...

Finally, try WMDecode, a free utility that will scan the Winmail.dat file for attachments (and only attachments, not the formatted version of the e-mail) and save the items along with their ...

If you've ever received a forward from an Outlook user in Mail.app containing an attached winmail.dat file, you probably scratched your head wondering why this strange file ended up in your inbox ...

Is anyone else receiving winmail.dat attachments, instead of the real attachment since migrating to Exchange 2010? I've had MS give me 4 different kb's on it and none have resolve the issue thus ...

The attachments appear like any others, and life is that much easier. Letter Opener isn't cheap, and the utility vs. cost ratio is dependent on how many winmail.dat files you deal with on a daily ...

If you regularly receive winmail.dat files from business associates, Letter Opener is well worth the investment.

We just switched out SMTP Proxy from our Watchguard Firewall to our Meridius SPAM Filter and so far it is working a lot better. We are getting some complaints that winmail.dat files are being ...